Ulla Sovio
@ullasovio.bsky.social
Research Professor at Cambridge University
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In this week’s Science Without Anguish:
‘Short cuts to lost potential’.
How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...
‘Short cuts to lost potential’.
How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...
The short cuts to lost potential
We know how it goes – a day spent reacting to other people’s emails or “quick chats” while our own to do list remains untouched at the end. Or losing ourselves in the first item on our list...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In this week’s Science Without Anguish:
‘Short cuts to lost potential’.
How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...
‘Short cuts to lost potential’.
How confusing the simplifications we make to understand the world with the real thing can lead us astray.
www.sciencewithoutanguish.com/blog/the-sho...
Reposted by Ulla Sovio
🌿 Sustainability & Reproduction: Individuals, Populations & Systems 🌿
🔗 Learn more and register at repro.cam.ac.uk/events/sustainability-reproduction-individuals-populations-systems
#Sustainability #Reproduction #Interdisciplinary #CambridgeResearch
🔗 Learn more and register at repro.cam.ac.uk/events/sustainability-reproduction-individuals-populations-systems
#Sustainability #Reproduction #Interdisciplinary #CambridgeResearch
October 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🌿 Sustainability & Reproduction: Individuals, Populations & Systems 🌿
🔗 Learn more and register at repro.cam.ac.uk/events/sustainability-reproduction-individuals-populations-systems
#Sustainability #Reproduction #Interdisciplinary #CambridgeResearch
🔗 Learn more and register at repro.cam.ac.uk/events/sustainability-reproduction-individuals-populations-systems
#Sustainability #Reproduction #Interdisciplinary #CambridgeResearch
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Looking to pursue cutting-edge research in early development, maternal-fetal interaction, or placental biology? See 👇
- Funded PhD www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...
- Next Generation Fellowship www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat...
- MPhil www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/mphil-pathwa...
- Funded PhD www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...
- Next Generation Fellowship www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat...
- MPhil www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/mphil-pathwa...
October 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Looking to pursue cutting-edge research in early development, maternal-fetal interaction, or placental biology? See 👇
- Funded PhD www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...
- Next Generation Fellowship www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat...
- MPhil www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/mphil-pathwa...
- Funded PhD www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/phd-students...
- Next Generation Fellowship www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk/next-generat...
- MPhil www.mphil.bio.cam.ac.uk/mphil-pathwa...
Today is the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW) which runs from October 9th to the 15th. You can donate to Sands at
www.justgiving.com/page/obs-and...
www.justgiving.com/page/obs-and...
Department of O&G fundraiser for Sands - BLAW 2025
Help Amy Sutton-Cole raise money to support Sands
www.justgiving.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Today is the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW) which runs from October 9th to the 15th. You can donate to Sands at
www.justgiving.com/page/obs-and...
www.justgiving.com/page/obs-and...
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📚 Cambridge Reading Group on Reproduction is back!
Join us on 14 October, discussing 'Women's Health across the life course' with Dr Shobi Nagraj, (Department of Public Health)
👉 Registration is open
www.repro.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Join us on 14 October, discussing 'Women's Health across the life course' with Dr Shobi Nagraj, (Department of Public Health)
👉 Registration is open
www.repro.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Cambridge Reading Group on Reproduction (October) | Cambridge Reproduction
October's Reading Group will be led by Dr Shobhana Nagraj, Assistant Professor of Primary & Community Care in the Department of Public Health & Primary Care Women's Health across the life course: Dr…
www.repro.cam.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
📚 Cambridge Reading Group on Reproduction is back!
Join us on 14 October, discussing 'Women's Health across the life course' with Dr Shobi Nagraj, (Department of Public Health)
👉 Registration is open
www.repro.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
Join us on 14 October, discussing 'Women's Health across the life course' with Dr Shobi Nagraj, (Department of Public Health)
👉 Registration is open
www.repro.cam.ac.uk/events/cambr...
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#endometriosisawareness #WomensHealth #EndometriosisDiagnosis
🎗️#Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease, characterised by the presence of tissue similar to the endometrium found outside the #uterus and with an unpredictable rate of disease progression
🎗️#Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease, characterised by the presence of tissue similar to the endometrium found outside the #uterus and with an unpredictable rate of disease progression
August 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#endometriosisawareness #WomensHealth #EndometriosisDiagnosis
🎗️#Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease, characterised by the presence of tissue similar to the endometrium found outside the #uterus and with an unpredictable rate of disease progression
🎗️#Endometriosis is a gynaecological disease, characterised by the presence of tissue similar to the endometrium found outside the #uterus and with an unpredictable rate of disease progression
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👋 Hey everyone, let's talk about PMDD! Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is a severe, debilitating form of PMS, but getting a diagnosis for it is often an incredibly difficult and prolonged journey. Learn why the diagnostic process is so challenging, and join us in raising awareness! 💓
August 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
👋 Hey everyone, let's talk about PMDD! Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder is a severe, debilitating form of PMS, but getting a diagnosis for it is often an incredibly difficult and prolonged journey. Learn why the diagnostic process is so challenging, and join us in raising awareness! 💓
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Loke CTR members Sung Gong, Gordon Smith and Steve Charnock-Jones, and collaborators have shown that raised Leptin and Pappalysin2 cell-free RNAs are hallmarks of pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia with fetal growth restriction.
📖 Read more:
📖 Read more:
Sequencing cell-free RNA in maternal blood can predict pregnancy complications | Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research
Loke CTR members Sung Gong, Gordon Smith and Steve Charnock-Jones, alongside colleagues in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and collaborators at Illumina, have shown that raised Leptin and Pappalysin2…
www.trophoblast.cam.ac.uk
August 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Loke CTR members Sung Gong, Gordon Smith and Steve Charnock-Jones, and collaborators have shown that raised Leptin and Pappalysin2 cell-free RNAs are hallmarks of pregnancies complicated by preeclampsia with fetal growth restriction.
📖 Read more:
📖 Read more:
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Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Polygenic prediction of body mass index and obesity through the life course and across ancestries www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Why is a woman 50% more likely than a man to get the wrong initial diagnosis for a heart attack?
For centuries, women were excluded from health research – fluctuating #hormones believed to complicate results.
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social researchers are working to drive change 👉 bit.ly/44rtQ6J
For centuries, women were excluded from health research – fluctuating #hormones believed to complicate results.
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social researchers are working to drive change 👉 bit.ly/44rtQ6J
Putting women’s health in the spotlight
Cambridge researchers are working to undo a longstanding male bias in health research, to help drive more effective healthcare for all.
bit.ly
July 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Why is a woman 50% more likely than a man to get the wrong initial diagnosis for a heart attack?
For centuries, women were excluded from health research – fluctuating #hormones believed to complicate results.
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social researchers are working to drive change 👉 bit.ly/44rtQ6J
For centuries, women were excluded from health research – fluctuating #hormones believed to complicate results.
@cambridgebiosci.bsky.social researchers are working to drive change 👉 bit.ly/44rtQ6J
Are you passionate about data and do you enjoy coding in Stata? Come and work with me at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Cambridge! Please share with anyone who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51739/
Research Associate (Data Science) (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate (Data Science) (Fixed Term) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
June 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Are you passionate about data and do you enjoy coding in Stata? Come and work with me at the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology in Cambridge! Please share with anyone who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51739/
We are hiring a Data Scientist! Please share with anyone who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Read the details and apply at: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51739/
Research Associate (Data Science) (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Research Associate (Data Science) (Fixed Term) in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We are hiring a Data Scientist! Please share with anyone who might be interested, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Read the details and apply at: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/51739/
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Validated does not mean it works as intended. It means someone has evaluated it (and may have concluded it doesn’t work at all)
Validated does not mean it works as intended. It means someone has evaluated it (and may have concluded it doesn’t work at all)
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
We're not clear on what peer review is, at all.
We're not clear on what peer review is, at all.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
We’re not clear on what intelligence is, at all
We’re not clear on what intelligence is, at all
June 17, 2025 at 6:44 AM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Validated does not mean it works as intended. It means someone has evaluated it (and may have concluded it doesn’t work at all)
Validated does not mean it works as intended. It means someone has evaluated it (and may have concluded it doesn’t work at all)
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@appgblackhealth.bsky.social is calling for evidence on Reproductive Equity & the Fibroids Crisis! Complete our 10-minute survey to contribute to our official report. tinyurl.com/fibroidssurvey #BlackHealth #Fibroids #WHUM #ReproductiveEquity
May 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
@appgblackhealth.bsky.social is calling for evidence on Reproductive Equity & the Fibroids Crisis! Complete our 10-minute survey to contribute to our official report. tinyurl.com/fibroidssurvey #BlackHealth #Fibroids #WHUM #ReproductiveEquity
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Women are 50% more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease 🧠 and scientists still do not know why! 👩🔬
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April 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Women are 50% more likely to get Alzheimer’s disease 🧠 and scientists still do not know why! 👩🔬
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Check out youtube.com/@nihrcambrid... for our latest uploads from our Capacity Building team on their Spring talks on the importance of a healthy research culture. If you're a research trainee, early/mid-career researcher or just interested in research, these are MUST-SEE! @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Check out youtube.com/@nihrcambrid... for our latest uploads from our Capacity Building team on their Spring talks on the importance of a healthy research culture. If you're a research trainee, early/mid-career researcher or just interested in research, these are MUST-SEE! @cambridgeuni.bsky.social
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Registration is now open!
Celebrate the importance of happiness and well-being in people’s lives with a series of events on Campus for staff, patients and the public on the International Day of Happiness - with free Zumba, a painting class, music and talks: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/intern...
Celebrate the importance of happiness and well-being in people’s lives with a series of events on Campus for staff, patients and the public on the International Day of Happiness - with free Zumba, a painting class, music and talks: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/intern...
International Day of Happiness
Cambridge Biomedical Campus is celebrating International Day of Happiness with activities celebrating the importance of happiness and wellbeing
cambridge-biomedical.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Registration is now open!
Celebrate the importance of happiness and well-being in people’s lives with a series of events on Campus for staff, patients and the public on the International Day of Happiness - with free Zumba, a painting class, music and talks: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/intern...
Celebrate the importance of happiness and well-being in people’s lives with a series of events on Campus for staff, patients and the public on the International Day of Happiness - with free Zumba, a painting class, music and talks: cambridge-biomedical.com/event/intern...
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👉 Book now for tomorrow's #IWD2025 talk on 'Demystifying the menopause' with Clare Spencer via: bit.ly/4gZ6o59
@cuhnhs.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social @royalpapworth.bsky.social #AccelerateAction
@cuhnhs.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social @royalpapworth.bsky.social #AccelerateAction
Next up in the series of excellent #IWD2025 talks by @uniofcam.bsky.social 'Demystifying the menopause' by Registered Menopause Specialist, GP and co-founder (My Menopause Centre) Clare Spencer
📅 Tue 11 March ⏰ 11.30am
💻 Online
➡️ book: bit.ly/4gZ6o59
@cuhnhs.bsky.social #accelerate #action
📅 Tue 11 March ⏰ 11.30am
💻 Online
➡️ book: bit.ly/4gZ6o59
@cuhnhs.bsky.social #accelerate #action
March 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
👉 Book now for tomorrow's #IWD2025 talk on 'Demystifying the menopause' with Clare Spencer via: bit.ly/4gZ6o59
@cuhnhs.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social @royalpapworth.bsky.social #AccelerateAction
@cuhnhs.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social @cruk-ci.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @cambridgebiocampus.bsky.social @royalpapworth.bsky.social #AccelerateAction
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On Thur 3 Apr 6-7pm you're busy right? That's because you're at our live webinar with @mrcepid.bsky.social's Prof Wareham & Dr Amy Ahern finding out what health research has unlocked about maintaining a healthy weight! Book: bit.ly/RESmaHW @cambridgefestival.bsky.social @cuhnhs.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
On Thur 3 Apr 6-7pm you're busy right? That's because you're at our live webinar with @mrcepid.bsky.social's Prof Wareham & Dr Amy Ahern finding out what health research has unlocked about maintaining a healthy weight! Book: bit.ly/RESmaHW @cambridgefestival.bsky.social @cuhnhs.bsky.social
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Incomparable Timothy Snyder manages to find words to describe the disgrace we saw in the White House today. Watch and share - and donate to aid Ukraine if you can. We Europeans are looking to our governments tonight and expect them to stand up for Ukraine, for our values and for our freedom. 🇺🇦🇪🇺
Here I react to the shameful encounter between American leaders and media and the Ukrainian president. No doubt there were more, but I saw five failures on our side: of hospitality, decency, democracy, strategy, and independence. Please watch and share.
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
snyder.substack.com/p/five-failu...
Five Failures in the Oval Office (video)
America hurt itself badly today.
snyder.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Incomparable Timothy Snyder manages to find words to describe the disgrace we saw in the White House today. Watch and share - and donate to aid Ukraine if you can. We Europeans are looking to our governments tonight and expect them to stand up for Ukraine, for our values and for our freedom. 🇺🇦🇪🇺
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1/4 Too many women suffer with debilitating period pain 😫 and heavy bleeding 🩸.
A survey by the charity Wellbeing of Women found that untreated period symptoms negatively 📉impact women and girls’ ability to live life - hampering participation in work, education, social activities and sport.
A survey by the charity Wellbeing of Women found that untreated period symptoms negatively 📉impact women and girls’ ability to live life - hampering participation in work, education, social activities and sport.
February 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
1/4 Too many women suffer with debilitating period pain 😫 and heavy bleeding 🩸.
A survey by the charity Wellbeing of Women found that untreated period symptoms negatively 📉impact women and girls’ ability to live life - hampering participation in work, education, social activities and sport.
A survey by the charity Wellbeing of Women found that untreated period symptoms negatively 📉impact women and girls’ ability to live life - hampering participation in work, education, social activities and sport.
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I am EXTREMELY EXCITED to announce the launch of Wellbeing of Women's Period Symptom Checker, written and built by ME! Co-designed by GPs, researchers, other women with menstrual health conditions and the team at Wellbeing of Women.
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
Period Symptom Checker - Wellbeing of Women
If you’re having periods that are negatively impacting your life, our symptom checker can help. Answer a few short questions about your experiences an
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I am EXTREMELY EXCITED to announce the launch of Wellbeing of Women's Period Symptom Checker, written and built by ME! Co-designed by GPs, researchers, other women with menstrual health conditions and the team at Wellbeing of Women.
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
www.wellbeingofwomen.org.uk/what-we-do/c...
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‼️Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of mortality in women worldwide🌎
🔬Salomon and colleagues showed that “tiny bubbles” 🫧 , named extracellular vesicles, might be a promising way to overcome these side effects!👏🏻
📚See more in the post and comments to find out how! 1/3
🔬Salomon and colleagues showed that “tiny bubbles” 🫧 , named extracellular vesicles, might be a promising way to overcome these side effects!👏🏻
📚See more in the post and comments to find out how! 1/3
February 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
‼️Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of mortality in women worldwide🌎
🔬Salomon and colleagues showed that “tiny bubbles” 🫧 , named extracellular vesicles, might be a promising way to overcome these side effects!👏🏻
📚See more in the post and comments to find out how! 1/3
🔬Salomon and colleagues showed that “tiny bubbles” 🫧 , named extracellular vesicles, might be a promising way to overcome these side effects!👏🏻
📚See more in the post and comments to find out how! 1/3
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💔 In the U.S., homicide is the #1 cause of death during pregnancy—more common than medical complications like preeclampsia or hemorrhage.
❗ This isn’t just a maternal health crisis—it’s a preventable public health emergency. Ending IPV, gun violence, and reproductive restrictions could save lives.
❗ This isn’t just a maternal health crisis—it’s a preventable public health emergency. Ending IPV, gun violence, and reproductive restrictions could save lives.
January 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
💔 In the U.S., homicide is the #1 cause of death during pregnancy—more common than medical complications like preeclampsia or hemorrhage.
❗ This isn’t just a maternal health crisis—it’s a preventable public health emergency. Ending IPV, gun violence, and reproductive restrictions could save lives.
❗ This isn’t just a maternal health crisis—it’s a preventable public health emergency. Ending IPV, gun violence, and reproductive restrictions could save lives.
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January is #CervicalCancerAwareness Month🌸 and the #WHUM team wants to support everyone eligible to attend their #screening appointment!
🦠 In 2019, #HPV caused an estimated 620,000 #cancer cases in #women and 70,000 cancer cases in #men
🦠 In 2019, #HPV caused an estimated 620,000 #cancer cases in #women and 70,000 cancer cases in #men
January 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
January is #CervicalCancerAwareness Month🌸 and the #WHUM team wants to support everyone eligible to attend their #screening appointment!
🦠 In 2019, #HPV caused an estimated 620,000 #cancer cases in #women and 70,000 cancer cases in #men
🦠 In 2019, #HPV caused an estimated 620,000 #cancer cases in #women and 70,000 cancer cases in #men